Rod support and holder



July 21, 1931. I I G, T, COOK 1,815,704 I ROD SUPPORT AND HOLDER Fi ledMay 31, 1930 I Patented July "21, I I

' are subjected to very severe vibration, and dropped into thebracketand the-blocka lliis in" Usrreu stares earner regains 1g iGEOBGEXT. cooKE, or sour}:germinate, iconnncrrcur I T i v k non SUPPORTAN 'Ho jEr, I I Application filed. May 31', 1939 Se'r-ia1*lto. 45?,785.

"This invention relates to improvements in downwardly alongthe :backrzthereof. A -cotequipment for railroad cars. More particu-,terrpinpassageisdormed in'bothsideswof the larly it applies to what isknown as a coupler U shaped portion of the -=brackTet :and a acorreleaserigging, wherein brackets are proresponding passage'is formed in'theiblockv,

5 vided to support the coupler release'rod, in in line therewith. Twodivergent cotter pin ,4,

which brackets said .rod is rotatablysupportexit passages'a-rei formedin :thelug 4 soaasto ed for the purpose of operating the car couformbetween i'thema wedge 4 the of pling from either side: of a car, thusmaking the wedge 'be'ing in line 'withthe' zp'assa ge; it unnecessaryfor the train man to enter bethroughthewbr'acketand block 4. v 3 tweenthe cars for that purpose. Such-parts :Itwvill nOW be seen that whenatherodrl'is' it is hence of great importance that they place, a cotter pinapplied from the'miter should be securely held. side of'th-e bracketandapassed -throughrthe One purpose of thepresent'invention is tocotter'ipin passages will engagethe wedge h provide'an improved meansfor holding the soithat, as thecottenpin is d-riwenan theieiids 6.5

rod in place which permits of the use of the 5 .5*of the cotter pin willbe automatically present standard brackets; i sjreadpas-shoavnzin ZF-igl, ithnsl'loickin g the;

Another object is to so construct said COiElZQrkplH againstunintentional rmoviail 'or means that when itis assembled the keeperescape-by 'vibration, simillarly flockingthe: which holds the rod inplace will be very seblockt in place. 'Itwill now be noted that 70.curely held. I j i the-block 4-cis-held inplace efiectively byth'e Inthe accompanying drawings cotter ipin 5 and .that bezfioreit can escapethe? Fig. l is a plan viewof the invention, the pine must be shearedofi.Resistamce to'zany ends of the-coupler'release rodbeing broken shearing(strain is o-tferedvat three places, ito away, said view also beingpartly in section; wit, on the iliines -a.,2bands; :In wiew' of the' 7Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the parts shown factth at-snch cotterpinszas are employed for in Fig.1; a I I i this use are usually made ofheavy material, .Fig. 3 isan end elevation of a modificationa and inView of the fact that resistance to Inthat particular form of theinvention shearing occurs at so many places, the danger shown in thedrawings, 1' represents a rod, of cutting off the pin and releasing'theblock so which constitutes part'of the coupler release 4 is'almostentirely eliminated. V rigging. This rod is supported in two brack- InFig. 3 I have shown a construction iden ets mounted on the end of a car,and each of tical withthat shown in F igs. l and 2, exceptwhich bracketscomprises a suitable base, 2, ing that I have added another ear on theouter which is designed to be-securely fastened on side of theblock 4,said car being indicated as; the car end by any. suitable means, saidbrackat The only difference between the ear 40 et carrying a Urshapedrod supporting porand the ear 4% is that the pin passage through 1 tion3,-the rod resting in the bottom ofsaid I the ear 40 is a straightpassage, to permit 'U-shaped portion, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. the pinto be inserted. In this construction 40 4c is a keeper block or saddle,which is designed it will be noted that another line of resistance 9.4)

to fit in between the two upright sides ofthe is offered to any shearingstrain on the pin, U-shaped rod support, as shown in .thedrawso that, inall, four lines ofresistance are ofings, the lower end ofthe keeperstanding fered, the same being indicated at the points over the rod 1,thus holding it in place. 5 is a, b, c and cl. j y I v the head ofacotter pin, and 55 are the, In view of the fact that there are very 95,,i

twoends thereof. 1 V i i 1 many thousands of such standard rod sup-Thekeeper block in the form shown in porting brackets in use, and inview of the .Figs-l and 2 is provided with a laterally and fact that itwould involve almost prohibitive; downwardly extending lug 45*, thatextends expense to re lace all of such brackets on cars I 5 over oneside of the end ct the bracket and f new in east e importance at thepresent in- 7 against longitudinal escape.

vention will be appreciated, since it permits of the brackets now in usebeing maintained, and yet provides an improved means to be associatedtherewith for the purpose of eifectively holding the rod in place,whichmechanism,'when' applied and secured by a cotter pin, requires noseparate act to open the cotter pin, but always guarantees a certainopen- ;ing thereof, so that, by no chance can the cotter pin escape andrelease the keeper block. Furthermore, owing to the inaccessibility ofthe end of the pin at the back of the bracket,

any manual act to open such a pin in such a place is difiicult and couldnot bedepended I upon to always be effectively done. By the 7 presentinvention, however, theends of the pin are always open and spreadsufliciently to guarantee that the pin will be held inplace While Ihaveshown and vention in certain preferred forms and for one particularuse, it should be understood that it is not limited thereto and thatvarious changes and adaptations may be employed without departure fromthe spirit and scope of the appended claim."

In a device of the character described, a U-shaped bracket for rotatablysupportinga rod, a keeper block removably mounted in the U-shaped partof said bracket to overstand' a rod therein, a lugon said block,extended so as to lie-along one of the outer walls of said bracket, saidbracket, block and lug having pin passages to'receive a pin for holdingsaid lug in place in said bracket, and a wedge in the passage throughsaid'lug, the apex thereof facing the passage through said bracket andblock to engage and spread the ends 0 a cotter pin passed through saidlug. Q V GEORGE T. COOKE.

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